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Music for The Knee Plays
Jazz · 1985 · 12 tracks

Music for The Knee Plays

David Byrne

A minimalist brass ensemble meets deadpan sociological narration. Byrne strips away the rock band to find the rhythmic heart of a theatrical experiment.

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It's like a sociology professor joined a New Orleans brass band to score a dream.

An intellectually playful and rhythmically disciplined exploration of the mundane and the surreal.

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Tracklist · 12 Tracks
01
Tree (Today Is an Important Occasion)
4:00
02
In the Upper Room
3:33
03
The Sound of Business
6:09
04
Social Studies
4:51
05
(The Gift of Sound) Where the Sun Never Goes Down
2:33
06
Theadora Is Dozing
2:57
07
Admiral Perry
5:25
08
I Bid You Goodnight
2:50
09
I've Tried
3:22
10
Winter
6:12
11
Jungle Book
3:39
12
In the Future
6:30
Moments Worth Waiting For
The hypnotic repetition of the brass in 'The Sound of Business' mimicking the steady pulse of a highway drive.
The unexpected, soulful vocal harmonies on 'I Bid You Goodnight' providing a warm contrast to the preceding spoken tracks.
The long, winding list of future predictions in 'In the Future' delivered with a perfectly flat, unsettling sincerity.
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